Texas Teen Fatally Shot While Protecting Mother During Subway Robbery

A Texas teenager is dead after pushing his mother out of the way of an armed robber who opened fire in a sandwich shop.

KHOU reports that 18-year-old Javier Flores, a junior at Houston's Cesar Chavez High School, and his mother were the only employees in a southeast Houston Subway around 8 PM Wednesday when two men entered with a gun and pointed it at the woman.

Flores was shot in the neck when he tried to intervene and protect his mother. Despite the severe injury, he reportedly ran to a back room to call for help and was shot again.